After the signing of Dani Alves, Xavi requested the hiring of another former Barcelona

With your decisions, Xavi Hernandez It shows that he wants to put FC Barcelona back at the top of world football. The technical director, who will have the mission of lifting a team that wanders through the ninth position in the table in La Liga in Spain and second in Group E of the UEFA Champions League with a fundamental game against Benfica ahead, it is committed to reinforcing the squad with athletes who know the Barça philosophy to perfection.

The first new face of the Catalan team is that of the Brazilian Dani Alves, who will return to the institution at age 38 after being released in September from San Pablo. In his first stage at the club he played 391 official matches and scored 23 goals, being an immovable piece for Guardiola, Tito Vilanova, Tata Martino and Luis Enrique. With his contribution, Barça managed to win La Liga six times, the Copa del Rey four times and the UEFA Champions League three times.

As reported Sky Sport, the idea of ​​consolidating the DNA of Barcelona’s glorious era within this squad continues and at the head of DT is the idea of ​​incorporating another former culé. The name in the folder is that of the midfielder Thiago Alcántara, who at the time was designated as Xavi’s successor.

The Liverpool man left Barcelona in 2013, after lifting the U21 Euro Cup. The midfielder saw his progression slowed down by players like Busquets, Iniesta, Xavi and Cesc Fabregas, so he accepted the proposal to stop at Bayern Munich to be managed by Pep Guardiola.

Although this negotiation will be much more complex than that of Dani Alves, the leaders will seek to remove him from England due to his little participation in the team trained by Jürgen Klopp. As a result of a muscle injury, so far this season he has only played 247 minutes, divided into seven games (five for the Premier League and two for the Champions League), in which he provided an assist (in the 3-0 victory against the Leeds by Marcelo Bielsa).

Alcantara, who is competing for a place in the 11th with midfielders Naby Keita, Jordan Henderson, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, James Milner and Fabinho, had much more filming in his first year at the Reds, by participating in 30 games and scoring one goal (against Southampton).

The player of the Spanish team, during his time at Barcelona, ​​won eight titles: two Leagues, a Copa del Rey, two Spanish Super Cup, a Champions League, a European Super Cup and a Club World Cup.

SportFor his part, he adds that the Spanish institution also has its sights set on the offensive, given the uncertainty about the future of Sergio Agüero. Faced with the complications to remove Raheem Sterling from Manchester City, Barcelona set their sights on Chelsea, an entity that has a wide variety of forwards. The names indicated are those of Christian Pulisic, Hakim Ziyech (he already wanted to hire him when he played in Ajax) and Callum Hudson-Odoi. The idea is to make some of these signings through a loan.

Besides of Kun, the Culé were reinforced for this season with defender Eric Gacía and the Dutch attackers Memphis Depay and Luuk de Jong.

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